Seerah Chapter 10
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Migration to Abyssinia

The Makkan Period

2 events · 615 CE

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First Migration

To escape persecution, the Prophet ﷺ advised some Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), where a just Christian king ruled.

615 CE Makkah to Abyssinia
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Ja'far's Speech to the King

Ja'far ibn Abi Talib recited Surah Maryam to the Negus (King). The king wept and said: 'This and what Jesus brought come from the same source.'

615 CE Abyssinia
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